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    Jasper John Dooley: Left Behind
    Jasper John Dooley: Left Behind
    Jasper John Dooley: Left Behind
    Ebook79 pages45 minutes

    Jasper John Dooley: Left Behind

    By Caroline Adderson and Ben Clanton

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    Jasper John Dooley’s beloved Nan is leaving on a cruise for a whole week! He feels so pththth. All he can think about is Nan missing out on their Wednesday card game, and whether it’s raining where she is, too, and if she will ever come back. But each day something happens, from a stapling mishap to a hamster escape, and Jasper realizes that waiting for someone to return from an adventure takes forever … unless you’re having an adventure, too.

    Jasper John Dooley: Left Behind is the second in a series of chapter books featuring a charismatic and funny central character. An only child with active, loving parents (and a most impressive lint collection), Jasper John Dooley is a true original.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKids Can Press
    Release dateSep 1, 2014
    ISBN9781771380751
    Jasper John Dooley: Left Behind
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    Caroline Adderson

    CAROLINE ADDERSON is an award-winning author of books for young readers and adults. She is the author of the picture books Norman, Speak! (illustrated by Qin Leng) and I Love You One to Ten (illustrated by Christina Leist), as well as the Jasper John Dooley and Izzy series. Her middle-grade books include Middle of Nowhere, A Simple Case of Angels and The Mostly True Story of Pudding Tat, Adventuring Cat. She has won the Sheila Egoff Award, the Chocolate Lily Book Award and the Diamond Willow Award, among many other honors. For more information, see carolineaddersonkids.com.

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      Jasper John Dooley - Caroline Adderson

      For Nana and Baba, who left us behind — C.A.

      Text © 2013 Caroline Adderson

      Illustrations © 2013 Ben Clanton

      ISBN 978-1-77138-075-1 (ebook)

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of Kids Can Press Ltd. or, in case of photocopying or other reprographic copying, a license from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For an Access Copyright license, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777.

      This is a work of fiction and any resemblance of characters to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

      Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book and Kids Can Press Ltd. was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in initial capital letters (e.g., Band-Aids).

      Kids Can Press acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Ontario, through the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Ontario Book Initiative; the Ontario Arts Council; the Canada Council for the Arts; and the Government of Canada, through the CBF, for our publishing activity.

      Published in Canada by

      Kids Can Press Ltd.

      25 Dockside Drive

      Toronto, ON M5A 0B5

      Published in the U.S. by

      Kids Can Press Ltd

      2250 Military Road

      Tonawanda, NY 14150

      www.kidscanpress.com

      Edited by Sheila Barry

      Designed by Rachel Di Salle

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication



      Adderson, Caroline, 1963–

                 Jasper John Dooley left behind / written by Caroline Adderson ; illustrated by Ben Clanton.

      (Jasper John Dooley ; 2)

      ISBN 978-1-55453-579-8 (bound)

                 I. Clanton, Ben, 1988–  II. Title.  III. Series: Adderson, Caroline, 1963–.  Jasper John Dooley ; 2.

      PS8551.D3267L44 2013         jC813’.54         C2012-905447-X

      Contents

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter Eleven

      Chapter Twelve

      Chapter 1

      On Sunday morning Jasper John Dooley’s Nan left on a holiday. Dad carried her big suitcase out of her apartment, and Mom carried Nan’s small suitcase. Jasper took her purse. He rapped the jaws of the lion-head knocker that guarded Nan’s place and said in a loud, liony voice, Have a good trip, Nan!

      In his Jasper voice he asked, Where are you going, anyway, Nan?

      She’s going on the trip of a lifetime, Dad said. A cruise to Alaska.

      You mean on a boat? Jasper said, going ahead to press the elevator button.

      On a ship, Nan said. A huge ship.

      You’re going on a ship trip?

      Everybody laughed. Then the elevator came, and they all got in. Jasper pressed L for lobby. Why didn’t you tell me about the ship? he asked Nan.

      I did. I told you last Wednesday when you were over.

      As they rode down, Nan told him about the ship again. It has a swimming pool, a ballroom and ten restaurants. Imagine! Ten restaurants on one ship.

      Oh, right, Jasper said. "Now I remember. But I didn’t know you were going on it. I thought it was something you saw on TV."

      She’s really going, Mom said.

      The elevator pinged and opened, and they all stepped out into the lobby. It looked like a jungle because of all the plants. A jungle with an elevator.

      It’s going to be a wonderful week, Mom said.

      Week? Jasper said. Week? You’re going to be back on Wednesday, aren’t you, Nan?

      Every Wednesday after school Jasper went to Nan’s to play Go Fish for jujubes.

      Nan didn’t answer. Maybe she hadn’t heard him. Sometimes he had to get right up close for her to hear what he was saying. Then he thought of something else. Jasper liked going to the pool, and he really liked going to restaurants. He loved playing with balls

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